On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:43:03 -0400, Auric Hellman
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I can't help wonder if one of them had been
rotten to the core (as some people just are),
I believe in most cases, its monkey-see monkey-do when children are
raised.
Nature versus nurture....yeah, they find this, find that, etc.
"For example, one study found that college students who participated
in study abroad programs scored higher on measures of openness to
experience compared to those who did not participate. Another study
found that individuals who lived in diverse neighborhoods were more
likely to score higher on openness to experience compared to those who
lived in more homogenous neighborhoods"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_versus_nurture
I suspect some of the bad apples have genetic/hormonal/etc issue(s).
Here's one: Richard Speck
While awaiting trial, Speck participated in twice-weekly sessions with part-time Cook County Jail psychiatrist, Dr. Marvin Ziporyn. These
continued after Speck's transfer from Cermak Memorial Hospital (inside Chicago's House of Corrections) on July 29, 1966, until February 13,
1967, the day before Speck was transferred to Peoria to stand trial.
Ziporyn prepared a discharge summary with depression, anxiety, guilt,
and shame among Speck's emotions, but also a deep love for his family.
It went on to note an obsessive-compulsive personality and a "Madonna-prostitute" attitude towards women. Ziporyn maintained Speck
viewed women as saintly until he felt betrayed by them for some
reason, after which hostility developed. Speck was also diagnosed with
organic brain syndrome, resulting from cerebral injuries he had
suffered earlier in his life, and stated he was competent to stand
trial but was insane at the time of the crime due to the effects of
alcohol and drug use on his organic brain syndrome.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Speck
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